ML19330A082
| ML19330A082 | |
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| Site: | Palisades, Midland  |
| Issue date: | 12/13/1971 |
| From: | Sheldon Clark AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Mccool W US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 8007140975 | |
| Download: ML19330A082 (4) | |
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It is our opinion that neither Consumers Power nor any other public utility has connncingly demonstrated that these plants are safe to operate; furthermore, we also believe that the continued construction of such facilitics en the shore of Lake Michigan is quite likely to 7i. '
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] --a A g / e A'IOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION '/// / I ' 4 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In the Matter of ) ) CONSLEERS POWER COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-329, 330 (Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2) ) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of a letter from Stephen H. Clark, Grand Valley State Co nege, dated December 13, 1971 in the captioned matter-have been served on the fonoving by deposit in the United States mail, first class or air mail, this 7th day of January 1972: Arthur W. Murphy, Esq., Chairman Richard G. Smith, Esq. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Smith & Brooker, P. C. Columbia University School of Law 703 Washington Avenue 4 5 West n6th Street, Box 38 Bay City, Michigan 48706 3 New York, New York 10027 Harold P. Graves, Esq. Dr. Clark Goodman Vice President and General Professor of Physics Counsel University of Houston John K. Restrick, Esq. 3801 Cu nen Boulevard Consumers Power Company Houston, Texas 77004 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Dr. David B. Hall Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Mr. R. C. Youngdahl P. O. Box 1663 Senior Vice President Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Dr. Stuart G. Forbes Jackson, Michigan 49201 100 Tennessee Avenue, Apt. 37 Redlands, California 92373 Honorable Frank Olds, Chairman Midland County Board of Supervisors Thomas F. Engelhardt, Esq. 623 St. Charles Street l David E. Kartalia, Esq. Midland, Michigan 48640 l Robert Newton, Esq. l Regulatory Staff Counsel Honorable Jerome Maslowski U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Assistant Attorney General b ehington, D. C. 20545 State of Michigan Seven Story Office Building Robert Lowenstein, Esq. 525 West Ottava Jerome E. Sharfban, Esq. Lansing, Michigan 48913 l Lovenstein, Newman & Reis 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20036 w
i DN ) 50-329, 330 page 2 Honorable Curtis G. Beck Milton R. Wessel, Esq. Assistant Attorney General J. Richard Sinclair, Esq. State of Michigan Allen Kezsbom, Esq. Seven Story Office Building Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays 525 West Ottawa and Handler Lansing, Michigan 48913 425 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Myron M. Cherry, Esq. Suite 1005 William A. Groening, Jr., Esq. 109 North Dearborn Street James N O'Connor, Esq. Chicago, Illinois 60602 The Dow Chemical Company 2030 Dov Center Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq. Midland, Michigan 48640 Berlin, Roisman & Kessler 1712 N Street, N. W., hth Floor William J. Ginster, Esq. Washington, D. C. 20036 Merrill Building, Suite 4 Saginaw, Michigan h8602 James A. Kendall, Esq. Currie and Kendall Mr. Wendell H. Marshall 135 North Saginaw Road RFD No.10, Mapleton Midland, Michigan h86h0 Midland, Michigan 486h0 Dr. Wayne E. North, Chairman Irving Like, Esq. Midland Nuclear Power Committee Reilly, Like and Schneider P. O. Box 335 200 West Main Street Midland, Michigan h8640 Babylon, New York 11702 Honorable William H. Ward Assistant Attorney General State of Kansas Topeka, Kansas 66612 $? <r 4L b] ~4fu 14 Ofi' ice of the Secretary of the C ission ~ ec: Mr. Murphy Mr. Engelhardt ASLEP N. Brown Reg. Files _-h}}